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Meta Acquires facebook.com domain name

Announced August 23, 2005 — $200K

Metaname change from Thefacebook.com2005

What happened

facebook.com domain name was acquired by Facebook/Meta and integrated into name change from Thefacebook.com.

Acquirer
Meta
Target
facebook.com domain name
Announced
August 23, 2005
Price
$200K
Industry
name change from Thefacebook.com

By the numbers

Meta's acquisition history
1st of 109 tracked deals
Disclosed prices
26 of 109 Meta deals
Meta's average disclosed price
$933.3M
Meta's largest disclosed deal
WhatsApp ($19B)
Tracked acquisitions in 2005
102 across all acquirers
Meta in name change from Thefacebook.com
1 acquisition

Frequently Asked Questions About This Acquisition

When did Meta acquire facebook.com domain name?

Meta acquired facebook.com domain name on August 23, 2005. This was Meta's 1st publicly tracked acquisition out of 109 we have on record.

How much did Meta pay for facebook.com domain name?

Meta paid $200K for facebook.com domain name.

What does facebook.com domain name do?

facebook.com domain name was acquired by Facebook/Meta and integrated into name change from Thefacebook.com.

What other name change from Thefacebook.com companies has Meta acquired?

facebook.com domain name is Meta's only publicly tracked acquisition in name change from Thefacebook.com so far.

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